Ryley Walker

Saturday, 06 October 2018

Ryley Walker is hitting the road again, touring in support of his new third record Golden Sings That Have Been Sung (Dead Oceans). The Leroy Bach-produced record is described as “a warm Chicago evening, a sonic exploration
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Chicago experimentalist Ryley Walker headlined the 7th Street Entry on October 4, touring to spread the word that he’s re-imagined Dave Matthews Band’s lost 2001 album The Lillywhite Sessions. The record will arrive November 16 on Dead Oceans.

Opening up for Walker was fellow Chicagoan long-standing musical project Health&Beauty (aka Brian Sulpizio). If you ever worked in a department store, you may know that the make-up section is referred to as Health & Beauty, or “HABA” (health and beauty aid) for short. Anyway, the Sulpizio would also double as Walker’s guitarist, along with bassist Andrew Young and drummer Ryan Jewell, for his main set… billed with imagination as Ryley Walker and Band.

Ryley Walker

If you count how many songs the band play, often stealing from other musicians (which Walker would be the first to confess), it’s not very much. Perhaps only eight songs were played, but for Walker and Band, they extend each song in long jams… followed by long stories about Walker’s youth. For example, how rad it was to work at his favorite job at Culver’s. Well, it was his favorite job, that is, until he “discovered the dark arts of Built to Spill”.

Lord Huron's steady rise to the spotlight continues on another lengthy US Tour. Their debut release was just two years ago called "Lonesome Dreams". They have a similar sound to bands like Fleet Foxes…

Lord Huron is back in town, presenting their new album, Vide Noir (out this Friday, April 20th via Whispering Pines/Republic Records). The album is already the subject of widespread critical praise with Los Angles Magazine proclaiming that the band will “break through.”

Austin-based Tritonal is stopping by the Rev Ultra Lounge in Minneapolis on the strength of their 2.5 plus million streams of feel-good track “Out My Mind”, featuring Riley Clemmons. The show is sold out.

Tritonal – 10 Years of Enhanced 2008-2018 Tour – North American Dates:

Baltimore band Stacked Like Pancakes will be stopping by the Garage in Burnsville on Saturday. The band is also proud of the fact that they’ve raised over $50k for their forthcoming album Strange Creatures.

Tom Brosseau is in the Minnesota area… first at Northfield Arts Guild on Saturday (event listing is at northfieldartsguild.org) and at the Icehouse in Minneapolis on Sunday. Although typical Icehouse shows starts at 11pm, Brosseau’s show will be at 6pm.

Cult-like gothy electro duo Crystal Castles is back in Minneapolis, this time touring in support of their new 2016 album Amnesty (I) (Casablanca Records). The last time they were in town, it was November 2012 at First Avenue. The Toronto-based duo (Ethan Kath and Edith Frances) is known for their energetic, often chaotic live shows.

UPDATE:
The Guidance (AKA Stefan Pruett) will be opening the show. He is a friend of the band and was personally invited to come tour with Crystal Castles on this 2016 tour.

The Guidance's music is self-described as "Future Grunge" (electronic synth sounds, driving beats, and dance elements representing the aesthetic and energy of '90s grunge - all sequenced digitally instead of live instrumentation).

As with previous Crystal Castles shows, perhaps The Guidance will also help with the rhythm section for their show...

Ryley Walker is hitting the road again, touring in support of his new third record Golden Sings That Have Been Sung (Dead Oceans). The Leroy Bach-produced record is described as “a warm Chicago evening, a sonic exploration of Walker’s roots.”

The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Liquid Music Series, now in its third season, offers performances by artists who bend the distinctions between classical music and other genres, and take their music in new and unique .....

Speaking of Walker... Join Colin Stetson for his special “Reimagination of Henryk Gorecki’s Iconic Symphony No.3” show at the Walker Art Center, as part of the unique Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Liquid Music series.

Stetson (along with Sarah Neufeld) recently appeared at the Turf Club in August 2016.

Monday, 04 April 2016

As for Deer Tick, since I've previously seen and wrote about them, I won't spend too much time on them. Needless to say, for a band to bring on stage an iced bucket full of Cools, you know that they are serious drunkards. In fact, singer
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Deer Tick will be returning to Minnesota at the Turf Club in St Paul this Saturday, April 9th... on their “Acoustic” tour. We’ve seen the band a few times, and we know them as a rowdy band. Should be interesting to see them perform their well-known songs in acoustics.

Touring with Deer Tick will be Ryley Walker with a forthcoming Record Store Day (April 16th) release called Cannots (with Charles Rumback). The record will come in limited edition electric-blue vinyl, featuring cover art by Adam F Scott.

Haelos (stylized as Hælos) will be stopping by the 7th Street Entry on Saturday, April 9th, in support of their debut album Full Circle (Matador Records). The London-based trio (Arthur Delaney, Lotti Benardout and Dom Goldsmith) is in the USA post-SXSW, so they’re making the most of their time in America.

What is exciting about this "Just Kids Tour" is that he is bringing along Virginia's Parachute and Tennessee's Judah & the Lion (who you may recall impressed us when they came to Minneapolis November 2014).
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Charlottesville’s Parachute (not to be confused with New Zealand’s Parachute Band) will be at The Varsity Theater on Saturday, April 9th. Purchasing tickets to their show will automatically come with a digital download of the new album, Wide Awake (which came out March 11th).

The trio (Will Anderson, Johnny Stubblefield, and Christopher French) was previously in town in March 2015.

Strand of Oaks can attest to the healing power of music.
The project is essentially singer-songwriter Tim Showalter who plays somewhat dark folk rock
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STRAND OF OAKS
at Turf Club
Monday, 07/27/2015, 7:30pm ($12)turfclub.net

Strand of Oaks' Heal Deluxe Edition just came out last Friday, July 17th. The record came out earlier last Summer on Dead Oceans and had critics like NPR calling the album a "knockout rock 'n' roll record".